Proverbs 2:11
If you know [PRS] how to choose what is right to do and if you understand what God wants you to do, God will protect you and guard you and keep you safe.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 119:9I know [RHQ] how a youth can ◄keep his life pure/avoid sinning►; it is by obeying what you have told us to do.
Proverbs 6:22If you follow our advice, it will be as though what we have taught you [PRS] will lead you, wherever you go. When you sleep, they will protect you. And when you wake up in the morning, they will teach/instruct you.
Ecclesiastes 10:10If your axe is not sharp [DOU], you will need to work harder to cut down a tree, but by being wise, you will succeed.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 2:11-22
The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange… Read the whole commentary →